Wesley Seminary leads fruitful conversation on race By Melissa Lauber UMConnection Staff While political, media and grassroots leaders attempt to address how our “racial history still casts its long shadow upon us,” The United Methodist Church, to many, seems to have lost its...
Police cadets, Glen Mar UMC, partner for homelessness By Erik Alsgaard UMConnection Staff Homelessness is a hidden issue in Howard County, Md., one of the wealthiest communities in the United States. Glen Mar UMC, in Ellicott City, for more than 15 years, has been a leader in trying to do...
Pastor, will you be my friend on Facebook? Is there a correct answer to that question in every situation? What are the boundaries in ministry? And since we are in the social media culture, what is public and what is private? Dr. Sondra Wheeler, professor at Wesley Seminary, will lead a...
John 13 1 Just before the Passover Feast, Jesus knew that the time had come to leave this world to go to the Father. Having loved his dear companions, he continued to love them right to the end. 2 It was suppertime. The Devil by now had Judas, son of Simon the Iscariot, firmly in his grip, all...
Kid Power Fuels Mission Mania “And a little child shall lead them.” One United Methodist church in Maryland sets aside a Sunday each month to let the little ones take charge and participate in outreach programs they choose. The results have been powerful. This video was produced by...
Bishops consider realignment of conferences Anticipating a decline in membership that could lead to loss of an episcopal area, the Northeastern Jurisdiction College of Bishops has begun a proactive study to address the missional needs, strengths and challenges of annual conferences in this...
A Holy Burden & an Open Door I was about ten years old when I started reading a particularly special book in my elementary school’s library. It was about a little girl who was born of mixed blood, a child between an African-American soldier and a Korean woman during the Korean War...
The United Methodist Church Northeastern Jurisdiction We make disciples of Jesus Christ for the transformation of the world Episcopal Area Supervision Assessment February 2015 DOWNLOAD AS A PDF DOCUMENT The primary mission of an episcopal area is leading, organizing and aligning leadership...
A Lenten reflection on how hope outweighs optimism In December 2004, a tsunami devastated the South Asian coastline. In an essay, that later became the book “The Doors of the Sea,” David Bentley Hart wrote a theodicy exploring the theology of the devastation. In it he states...
Youth, youth leaders by the thousands attend ROCK 2015 By Melissa Lauber UMConnection Staff At the first ROCK youth retreat, held in 1995, about 125 people attended. It was held at what is now the Coastal Palms Hotel on 120th Street in Ocean City, Md. Meeting in an unheated room over a...
